Kim Novak By Susan King Columbia studio head Harry Cohn wasn't the easiest person to get a long with, especially for actors. Take Kim Novak, whom Cohn signed in 1954 to be a rival to Fox's Marilyn Monroe, and competition for the studio's own Rita Hayworth. Cohn would call her up and read all the bad reviews she had gotten for her films. "I would try to make peace," Novak, 77, says over the phone from the sprawling ranch in Eagle Point, Ore., that she shares with her husband of 34 years, Dr. Robert Mallory. "I would sometimes go on weekends and make a batch of chocolate fudge and bring it in to him. It kind of set him back. I would say, 'I brought you a present,' and in his grouchy voice he would say, 'What do you mean, a present?' He didn't know what to think." Novak knew he treated everybody the same way. Still, she recalls, "I was so vulnerable. He sure got to me." Continue reading this story. RELATED:  Hollywood Walk of Fame: Kim Novak  Hollywood Walk of Fame: Alfred Hitchcock  Hollywood Walk of Fame: Rita Hayworth  Hollywood Walk of Fame: James Stewart

Kim Novak By Susan King Columbia studio head Harry Cohn wasn't the easiest person to get a long with, especially for actors. Take Kim Novak, whom Cohn signed in 1954 to be a rival to Fox's Marilyn Monroe, and competition for the studio's own Rita Hayworth. Cohn would call her up and read all the bad reviews she had gotten for her films. "I would try to make peace," Novak, 77, says over the phone from the sprawling ranch in Eagle Point, Ore., that she shares with her husband of 34 years, Dr. Robert Mallory. "I would sometimes go on weekends and make a batch of chocolate fudge and bring it in to him. It kind of set him back. I would say, 'I brought you a present,' and in his grouchy voice he would say, 'What do you mean, a present?' He didn't know what to think." Novak knew he treated everybody the same way. Still, she recalls, "I was so vulnerable. He sure got to me." Continue reading this story. RELATED:  Hollywood Walk of Fame: Kim Novak  Hollywood Walk of Fame: Alfred Hitchcock  Hollywood Walk of Fame: Rita Hayworth  Hollywood Walk of Fame: James Stewart